Failure to disclose in writing, at the time of recruitment, of terms and conditions of employment

FIRST CLAIM US/STATE CODE CITATION:

29 U.S.C. § 1821(a)

FIRST CLAIM RESULT:

Settled

DAMAGES AWARDED FOR FIRST CLAIM:

SECOND CLAIM:

Violation of minimum wage requirements

SECOND CLAIM US/STATE CODE CITATION:

29 U.S.C § 206

SECOND CLAIM RESULT:

Settled

DAMAGES AWARDED FOR SECOND CLAIM:

THIRD CLAIM:

Violation of minimum wage requirements

THIRD CLAIM US/STATE CODE CITATION:

Fla. Stat. § 448.110(6)(a)

THIRD CLAIM RESULT:

Settled

DAMAGES AWARDED FOR THIRD CLAIM:

FOURTH CLAIM:

Human trafficking violation

FOURTH CLAIM US/STATE CODE CITATION:

18 U.S.C. § 1589

FOURTH CLAIM RESULT:

Settled

DAMAGES AWARDED FOR FOURTH CLAIM:

FIFTH CLAIM:

FIFTH CLAIM US/STATE CODE CITATION:

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DAMAGES AWARDED FOR FIFTH CLAIM:

SIXTH CLAIM:

SIXTH CLAIM US/STATE CODE CITATION:

SIXTH CLAIM RESULT:

DAMAGES AWARDED FOR SIXTH CLAIM:

TOTAL AWARD:

APPEAL:

EXPLANATION OF APPEAL:

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HOLDING OF APPEALS COURT:

APPEAL STILL PENDING?:

SUMMARY:

Defendants Lee and Bulls-Hit used contractor Defendant Uzzle to recruit, hire, transport, and provide workers for Lee's and Bulls-Hit's agricultural labor needs in 2009 and 2010. Uzzle recruited drug-addicted migrant agricultural workers at homeless shelters in Jacksonville, FL. The victims worked on Lee's farm, picking potatoes. The cost of housing, food, and drugs were taken from their wages. Defendants would give workers loans at very high interest rates, which were also deducted from their wages. Defendants forced the workers to perform labor by controlling the only means of transportation, threatening the workers with physical violence, and fueling their drug addiction. The defendants reached a settlement with the plaintiffs.